Fatal accident at an intermediate storage facility for decontamination waste Fukushima Oct. 28 19:18
On the morning of 28th, a 34-year-old worker was killed in a belt conveyor at an intermediate storage facility that stored waste generated by decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture.
After 10:00 am on the 28th, Toshiomi Sato (34), a company employee in Hirono-cho, Fukushima, is sandwiched between belt conveyors at an intermediate storage facility for decontamination waste that spans Okuma and Futaba-cho in Fukushima Prefecture. I found.
According to the fire department, Mr. Sato was transported to the hospital because his chest was sandwiched, but died about an hour and a half later.
The accident occurred in a place called an “acceptance / separation facility” in the intermediate storage facility, which is divided into combustible materials and soil that cannot be burned.
In the interim storage facility, the introduction of waste started four years ago, but this is the second case where a fatal accident occurred at the facility, and the police are examining the situation at that time.
On the 2nd of this month, another worker fell from the scaffold and was just injured by breaking the ribs. The Ministry of the Environment said, “Investigate the cause of the accident and thoroughly prevent the recurrence”.